Carneval mask or - sliced onion. 1940s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on ivory paper. 16,7 x 17,7 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated by the photographer on the verso. In the 1930s-40s Elsa Thiemann made detail studies of various everyday objects which were also published in magazines as "Rätselbilder" (mystery images). This and the following two lots are from that series. – Minimal surface irregularities to ferroytpe surface, small crease in upper left, otherwise a rich tonal print in very good condition. Provenance: From the estate of the photographer. Lit.: Elsa Thiemann Fotografin, Bauhaus und Berlin. Berlin 2004, see p. 67 (image from the same series).
Carneval mask or - sliced onion. 1940s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on ivory paper. 16,7 x 17,7 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated by the photographer on the verso. In the 1930s-40s Elsa Thiemann made detail studies of various everyday objects which were also published in magazines as "Rätselbilder" (mystery images). This and the following two lots are from that series. – Minimal surface irregularities to ferroytpe surface, small crease in upper left, otherwise a rich tonal print in very good condition. Provenance: From the estate of the photographer. Lit.: Elsa Thiemann Fotografin, Bauhaus und Berlin. Berlin 2004, see p. 67 (image from the same series).
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